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Geronimo

1829 - 1909

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Gerónimo (Mescalero-Chiricahua: Goyaałé, lit. 'the one who yawns', Athapascan pronunciation: [kòjàːɬɛ́]; June 16, 1829 – February 17, 1909) was a military leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Ndendahe Apache people. From 1850 to 1886, Geronimo joined with members of three other Central Apache bands – the Tchihende, the Tsokanende (called Chiricahua by Americans) and the Nednhi – to carry out numerous raids, as well as fight against Mexican and U.S. military campaigns in the northern Mexico states of Chihuahua and Sonora and in the southwestern American territories of New Mexico and Arizona. Geronimo's raids and related combat actions were a part of the prolonged period of the Apache–United States conflict, which started with the Americans continuing to take land, including Apache lands, following the end of the war with Mexico in 1848. Reservation life was confining to the free-moving Apache people, and they resented restrictions on their customary way of life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Geronimo is the 779th most popular politician (down from 608th in 2019), the 242nd most popular biography from United States (down from 180th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular American Politician.

Geronimo is most famous for being a Native American warrior who fought against the United States in the Apache Wars.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Geronimo ranks 779 out of 19,576. Before him are Nurhaci, Lech Kaczyński, Sitting Bull, Manuel I Komnenos, Zakir Husain, and Philip the Good. After him are Dilma Rousseff, Abbas the Great, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Murad V, Henry I of France, and Staurakios.

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Among people born in 1829, Geronimo ranks 4. Before him are Oscar II of Sweden, August Kekulé, and Auguste Beernaert. After him are Anton Rubinstein, Levi Strauss, Chester A. Arthur, Asaph Hall, John Everett Millais, Philip Sclater, Theodor Billroth, and Alfred Brehm. Among people deceased in 1909, Geronimo ranks 3. Before him are Leopold II of Belgium, and Cesare Lombroso. After him are Isaac Albéniz, Itō Hirobumi, Hermann Minkowski, Francisco Tárrega, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, Peder Severin Krøyer, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, and Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Geronimo ranks 242 out of 20,380. Before him are Johnny Cash (1932), Truman Capote (1924), Linus Pauling (1901), James Madison (1751), Richard Chamberlain (1934), and Sitting Bull (1831). After him are George Gershwin (1898), Gregory Peck (1916), Luis Walter Alvarez (1911), Tim Cook (1960), Sharon Tate (1943), and Lee Harvey Oswald (1939).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Geronimo ranks 43. Before him are Herbert Hoover (1874), James Monroe (1758), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (1954), Grover Cleveland (1837), James Madison (1751), and Sitting Bull (1831). After him are John Quincy Adams (1767), James Buchanan (1791), Jerome Powell (1953), Jerry Brown (1938), Calvin Coolidge (1872), and William Jennings Bryan (1860).

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